Police Arrests 181 Alleged Fake Election Observers In Owerri

Police Arrests 181 Alleged Fake Election Observers In Owerri

Posted by Sylvester on Saturday, November 16, 2013 0

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About 48hrs to the Anambra Governorship election, the Imo State Police Command has arrested 181 persons suspected to be fake election observers going to Anambra State for the Governorship election billed to hold on Saturday.

Parading the suspects at the police command headquarters in Owerri, the state capital, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Katsina said the suspects were arrested at Disney Hotel along Onitsha in Owerri after getting an intelligence report from strategic partners that there are some strange faces that entered the state in large number.

Mr Katsina said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects who claim to be INEC accredited election observers of Equity and Justice Organisation all came in from Osun state but had to rest in Imo state before moving to Anambra state for the election on Saturday.

Meanwhile, while interrogating the leader of the group, Mr Waheed Lawal said “INEC accredited their organization to observe elections in 13 local government areas in Anambra state”.

Items recovered from the group are 2 pump action guns, valid voter’s registration card of an Anambra indigene and 181 identity cards of Equity and Justice Election Observer Organization